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of which there are nearly 86,000 in the county of Jefferson ; 85,464 

 in the county of Oneida ; nearly 78,000 in the county of St. Law- 

 rence ; 66,885 in the county of Chautauque ; 63,745 in the county 

 of Chenango ; 62,555 in the county of Delaware; 61,706 in the 

 county of Otsego ; 59,712 in the county of Orange ; 57,506 in the 

 county of Erie ; 55,482 in the county of Steuben ; 53,440 in the 

 county of Herkimer ; nearly 52,00^^ in the county of Allegany ; 

 49,498 in the county of Onondaga ; 47,258 in the county of Dutchess ; 

 45,256 in the county of Cattaraugus ; 45,216 in the county of Madi- 

 son ; 43,527 in the county of Washington ; 41,584 in the county of 

 Cayuga ; and 41,300 in the county of Oswego. The number of neat 

 cattle under one year old is 334,456, and the number over one year 

 old is 1,709,479. The aggregate number of neat cattle is less by 

 about 130,000 than in 1840. 



The aggregate number of cows milked is returned at 999,490, or 

 an average of nearly 17,000 to each county. The aggregate number 

 of pounds of butter made during the year w^as 79,501,733 i, or an 

 average of about 1,350,000 to each county, or 79 J pounds to each 

 cow milked ; while the aggregate number of pounds of cheese is re- 

 turned at 36,744,976, being an average of 622,796 pounds to each 

 county, or about 36 pounds to each cow milked. In the county of 

 Oneida, the number of cows milked is stated at 47,713 ; from which 

 3,876,276 pounds of butter, and 3,277,750 pounds of cheese were 

 made, or an average of upwards of 80 pounds of the former and 68 

 of the latter. In the county of Orange, from 42,256 cows milked 

 4,108,840 pounds of butter were obtained, being an average of 97 

 pounds to each. In the county of Jefferson, from 41,360 cows, 

 3,080,767 pounds of butter and 2,802,314 of cheese w^ere obtained ; 

 averaging 74 pounds of the former and nearly 70 of the latter. In 

 the county of Kings, the average number of pounds of butter made 

 from each cow milked was 110; in the counties of Delaware and 

 Chenango, 100 ; in each of the counties of Putnam, Sullivan and 

 Tompkins, 95 ; in each of the counties of Cortland, Greene, Onon- 

 daga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Seneca, Wayne and Yates, 90; in 

 Livingston, 85 ; and in each of the counties of Dutchess, Ontario, 

 Saratoga, Steuben, Tioga, Warren and Washington, 80. 



In the county of Herkimer, 8,208,796 pounds of cheese were ma- 

 nufactured from the milk of 36,255 cow^s, being an average of 226 



